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Facial vs Orofacial - What's the difference?

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Facial is a related term of orofacial.


As adjectives the difference between facial and orofacial

is that facial is of or affecting the face while orofacial is (anatomy) of or affecting both the mouth and face.

As a noun facial

is a personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.

facial

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or affecting the face.

    • Coordinate terms

    *

    Noun

    (facial) (en noun)
  • A personal care beauty treatment which involves cleansing and moisturizing of the human face.
  • (film) A kind of early silent film focusing on the facial expressions of the actor.
  • * 2004 , Simon Popple, ?Joe Kember, Early Cinema: From Factory Gate to Dream Factory (page 92)
    • But in facials , moving picture technology also enabled an exaggeration of this performance tradition, bringing a new emphasis to the details
  • (slang, in some contact sports) A which involves one player hitting another in the face.
  • (vulgar, slang) A sex act of male ejaculation onto another person's face.
    • He gave his wife a creamy facial.

    Related terms

    * facially

    Derived terms

    * facial cream * facial expression * facial feature * facial hair * facial nerve * facial profiling ----

    orofacial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (anatomy) Of or affecting both the mouth and face.

    • Related terms

    * oral * facial